Eye Opener Yoga at Midtown Community Yoga
…This class. I love this class because it is yoga AF. Eye- Opener Yoga | On & Off The Mat “This free/donation-based/karma-class is geared towards, but definitely not limited to, those dealing with life challenges and addictions.” Tuesdays | 7.00pm-8.30pm Midtown Community Yoga 8/1 Cindy Farnes 8/8 Ellie Holbrook 8/15 Layne Linebaugh 8/22 Cindy Farnes […]
LoveBytes
“…It is said that through prayer we surrender, through meditation, we receive.” So excited to wrap up my first meditation recording this afternoon! Interested? Inquire within. Want more? Join me in meditation, followed by Happy Hour Yoga every Thursday @ 5.30pm at Sojourn | 1055 West Moana Lane
Nowhere. Now Here. Here Now.
Presence, or the |Art of Being-Here-Now|{for me} is an ongoing practice. …For, as I experience it, [presence is a practice] indeed. And it is one that I simultaneously crave and resist. Because to live in the present moment is to both *feel and experience* ABSOUTELY EVERYTHING that is to be registered on a […]
Fly Away, Sweet Dragonfly
Maksikanagasana|Dragonfly Pose The magic of the Dragonfly: As a creature of the water, the Dragonfly symbolizes the creativity of the deeper, meditative, dreaming, and intention-setting mind. It is this subconscious mind that connects us with our most authentic self and guides us to live from our heart, allowing us to manifest a sattvic life of […]
Breathe Through It
Every now and then, I have to remind myself that it is okay to let go and do nothing, to sit in silence, and just breathe. The past few days have been a prime example of such a time. I have encountered something that has left me feeling unsure of how to make sense of […]
Laugh and the World Laughs With You
Most of us are well-acquainted with the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. And of course, this is an excellent rule to follow, as it offers us sound advice as we navigate our way through life. But how many of us are familiar with Rule Number Six? If […]
The Lower Bod
…In my yoga classes this week, we have given extra-special attention to the hips and lower-body regions. And this feels oh-so-amazing! And even more so amazing than that is the extremely important, yet often over-looked, aspect of this hip-opening practice… which is the emotions that are stored within the lower body regions. As a yoga […]
Pause
Consider this passage from the book, “Radical Acceptance” by Tara Brach. “In the 1950s a few highly trained pilots in the U.S Air Force were given the task of flying at altitudes higher than ever attempted. Going beyond the earth’s denser atmosphere, they found, much to their horror, that the ordinary laws of aerodynamics no […]
Woo-Saah
Every now and then, I have to remind myself that it is okay to let go and do nothing. That it is okay to sit in silence and just breathe. To be okay with the fact that I cannot always make sense of my thoughts and feelings, and accept the experience of being uncertain […]